Combination curtain, drape, and shade holder



April 24, 1945.

A. BARBEE COMBINATION CURTAIN, DRAPE, AND SHADE HOLDER Filed Dec. 17,1943 2 Sheets-Sheet I Inventor April A. BARBEE 2,374,155

COMBiNATION CURTA IN, DRAPE, AND SHADE I'LbLDER Filed Dec. 17, 1945 2She qts-Sheet 2 I nvenior flee/,5 54 2.955

Patented Apr. 24, 1945 COMBINATION CURTAIN, DRAPE, AND

SHADE HOLDER Artie Barbee, Pontiac, Mich. Application December 17, 1943,Serial No. 514,681

4 Claims.

This invention relates to brackets used in supporting panel curtains,drapes and a shade, and has as its object the provision of a pair ofbrackets which may be readily mounted upon the surfaceof a window casingand which are'equipped for supporting therebetween a window shade,curtains and drapes.

The invention together with its objects and advantages will be bestunderstood from a study of the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure l is a top plan view illustrating the invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken substantially one line 2-2 of Figure1.

Figure '3, is a front elevational view of one of the brackets.-

Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the detachable brackets for thecurtain and drape rods. 7

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevational view of the sliding connectionbetween the sections of the curtain and drape rods, and

V Figure 6 is a fragmentary view in elevation of the end of one of thecurtain rods.

.In accordance with the present invention it will be seen that there areprovided two bracket assemblies 5 and 6 respectively.

One of the bracket assemblies is provided for attachment to, the windowcasing at the left hand side thereof while the other of the assembliesis provided for attachment to the casing at the right hand side thereof.

Since the assemblies are substantially identical, a detailed descriptionof one will teach the other.

Thus it will be seen that each assembly comprises a shade roller bracket1 that is provided at one edge with an attaching flange 8 that isapertured to accommodate fastening elements 9 through the medium ofwhich-the bracket is attached to the surface of the window casing.

At the upper edge thereof the bracket 1 is provided with a lateralflange ID that merges into an upstanding arm ll. i

A substantially U-shaped' curtain rod bracket i 2 is provided and thesame has one arm l3 thereof adapted to be disposed against one side ofthe bracket arm H while the other arm I of the bracket I2 is disposed inspaced parallelism to'the arm II and is provided in its upper edge witha. diagonal slot l5 for a purpose hereinafter more fully referred to.The web of the bracket member I2 is provided with an opening I8 toaccommodate a fastening element l6a through the medium of which thebracket I2 is secured to the window casing as shown in Figure 1.

A second curtain rod bracket H is provided and the same is substantiallyidentical with the bracket I2 except that it is about one-half the sizeof the bracket l2 and is adapted to fit within the bracket l2 at one endof the latter as clearly shown in Figures 1 and a.

The bracket I! has an arm l8 thereof that is disposed in facial contactwith the arm II at the side of the latter opposite to the arm 53 and arm83 and it are secured to the arm ll through the medium'of bolts orrivets l9, arms H, I 3 and I8 being provided with registering openingsto accommodate the bolts I!) as shown.

The other arm 20 of bracket I1 is disposed intermediate arms H and I4and is provided in its upper edge with a diagonal, inclined slot Hasshown.

The upper edges of the arms l3 and I8 are connected by a web portion 22.

A pair of sectional curtain and drape rods 23 and 2d of channel shape incross section, are provided at their ends with a channel shaped adapter25 adapted to receive the arms I4 and 2d, the adaptors having pins 26and 26', respectively, disposed transversely thereof and the pins arereceived in the slots [5 and 2|, respectively,

'of the arms M and 20 to retain the rods in posiof the brackets 12 willsupport therebetween a rod 24 from which may be suspended a valance ordrape while the arms 20 of brackets I! will serve to supporttherebetween a rod 23 identical with the rod 24 and used for suspendingor supclaimed as new is:

1. In a device of the class described, a bracket assembly including abracket member having at one edge thereof an apertured attaching flangeand also having at its upper edge a laterally extending flange mer inginto a vertically disposed arm, a substantially U-shaped bracket havingan arm contacting the first-named arm at one side of the latter and asecond arm in parallelism to the first-named arm and provided to beengaged by one end of a curtain rod, and a second suba channel memberopen along its upper edge, each of said channel members. being adaptedto receive in the channel thereof an arm of a supporting bracket, saidarm having a notch in its upper edge, and a pin bridging the spacebetween the sides or said channel member and engageable in the notch ofsaid arm for detachably supporting said channel members on said arm.-

3. In a bracket assembly of the character described, a shade rollerbracket provided at one vertical edge with means for mounting thebracket on the surface of a window casing, and provided at its upperedge with a lateral flange merging into an upstanding arm, and a pair ofU-shaped bracket members each having one arm thereof secured to eachother and adapted for supporting on the first-named arm and a second armspaced from the first-named arm, the second named arms of the bracketsof said pair being laterally spaced from one another and each beingadapted to have one end of a curtain rod engaged therewith.

4. In a, bracket assembly of the character described, a shade rollerbracket provided at one vertical edge with means for mounting thebracket on the surface of a window casing and provided at its upper edgewith an offset forming an upstanding arm and a pair of U-shaped bracketmembers each having spaced apart arms, a pair of said arms beingconnected at their upper edges and adapted for supporting on the upperedge of said upstanding arm, each of said remaining arms of the U-shapedbracket members being provided with an inclined slot extendingdownwardly from their upper edges and adapted to receive the ends ofchannel-shaped curtain rods having transverse pins seated in the slotsof said last-named arms for supporting said rods on said last-namedarms.

ARRIE BARBEE.

